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Genesis 10

Gen. 10:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Ham
Cham (Hebrew #2526)
hot (from the tropical habitat); Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
KJV usage: Ham.
Pronounce: khawm
Origin: the same as 2525
; Cush
Kuwsh (Hebrew #3568)
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
KJV usage: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
Pronounce: koosh
Origin: probably of foreign origin
, and Mizraim
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
, and Phut
Puwt (Hebrew #6316)
Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe
KJV usage: Phut, Put.
Pronounce: poot
Origin: of foreign origin
, and Canaan
Kna`an (Hebrew #3667)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Pronounce: ken-ah'-an
Origin: from 3665
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Canaan,
Cush,
Ham,
Mizraim,
Phut; Put,
Son

Cross References

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A.M. 1676.
B.C. 2228.
And the.
Gen. 9:22• 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. (Gen. 9:22)
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1 Chron. 1:8‑16• 8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
 9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
 10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
 11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
 12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
 13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
 14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
 15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
 16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. (1 Chron. 1:8‑16)
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1 Chron. 4:40• 40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. (1 Chron. 4:40)
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Psa. 78:51• 51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: (Psa. 78:51)
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Psa. 105:23,27• 23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
 27They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. (Psa. 105:23,27)
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Psa. 106:22• 22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. (Psa. 106:22)
Ham.Ham signifies burnt or black; and this name was peculiarly significant of the regions allotted to his family.
To the Cushites, or descendants of Cush, were allotted the hot southern regions of Asia, along the shores of the Persian Gulf, Susiana or Chusistan, etc.; to the sons of Canaan, Palestine and Syria; to the sons of Mizraim, Egypt and Libya, in Africa.Cush.
Isa. 11:11• 11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (Isa. 11:11)
Phut.
Jer. 46:9• 9Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (Jer. 46:9)
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Jer. 46•  (Jer. 46)
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Ezek. 27:10• 10They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. (Ezek. 27:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the sons of Ham: Cushg, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

JND Translation Notes

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These names are given later to countries, i.e. Ethiopia, Egypt, Libya.